Tractor attachment



March 22, 1932. c; WHEELER 1,850,485

TRACTOR ATTACHMENT Filed Jan. 29. 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor a? cmay March 22, 1932. 0 WHEELER TRACTOR ATTACHMENT 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FiledJan. 29, 1950 Inventor 620if Meg? q By J m Atiomey Patented Mar. 22,1932 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFioe GEORGE 0. WHEELER, F AINSWORTH,NEBEAsKA TRACTOR ATTACHMENT Application filed January 29, 1930. Serialno; 424,293.

The present invention relates to an apparates in an eye 10; In thepresent embodiratus in the nature of an attachment for tracment of theinvention the upper end of the tors and the prime object of theinvention lever is bent so as to provide a substanresides in theprovision of an apparatus tially U-shaped foot plate 11 extending lat- 5which may be used for manipulating difi'ererally from the lever. 55

ent mechanisms on machines and the like A cable 12 is engaged with thebottom end tralllng from the tractor. of theflever, trained over thepulley 8 and Another very important object of the inthrough the eye'lOand extends back to the vention resides in the provision of anattachmechanism on the trailed machine or the like rnent apparatus ofthis nature which is exwhich is to be operated when the lever is 60ceedingly simple in its construction, inexpenactuated by the foot of theoperator of the sive to manufacture, easy to apply, strong tractor. anddurable, easy to manipulate, thoroughly This invention was primarilydesigned for eflicient and reliable in use and operation, operating thepower lift on the drawn maand otherwise well adapted to the purposechine but may also be used for any lever on 65 for which it is designed.the drawn machine requiring a forward With the above and numerous otherobthrust, for example, tripping the bundle carjects in View as willappear as the description rier on a binder or operating the cleaningproceeds, the invention resides in certain devices on a disk harrow.novel features of construction, and in the ()bviously there are numerousother uses combination and arrangement of parts as which the apparatusmay be put. will be hereinafter more fully described and The presentembodiment of the invention claimed, has been disclosed merely for thepurposes of In the drawings: exemplification since in actual practice itat- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tractor tains the features ofadvantage enumerated showing my attachment apparatus thereon, asdesirable in the statement of the invention Figure 2 is a top plan viewthereof, and the above description. Figure 3 is a detail view of theapparatus, It will be apparent that changes in the Figure 4 is a viewtaken substantially on details of construction, and in the combinatheline 44 of Figure 3, tion and arrangement of parts may be re 3 Figure 5is a detail sectional view taken sorted to without departing from thespirit substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 3. or scope of theinvention as hereinafter Referring to the drawings in detail it willclaimed or sacrificing any of its advantages. be seen that the letter Tdenotes generally a Having thus described my invention, what tractor ofany desired make on which is I claim as new is:

mounteda lever5 suitably rockably mounted 1. A tractor attachment of thetype deas at 6 in a convenient position such as to the scribedcomprising a right angle bracket right of the tractor a little forwardlyof the mounted upon the upper surface of one side drivers seat. Thelower portion of this lever member of the frame of a tractor, a foot le-5 may be curved as indicated in Figure 1, ver pivoted intermediate itsends on the right straight as is indicated in Figure 3 or any anglebracket and within reach of the drivers other suitable formation as maybe necessary seat of the tractor, a standard on the same side toaccommodate peculiarities of the particu- .of the tractor as the rightangle bracket and lar tractor on which the apparatus is laterallyoutward thereform on a cross memmounted. her to the rear of the lever, asheath mounted 95 A bracket 7 is mounted on one side of the forwardly ofthe right angle bracket on the frame of the tractor forwardly thereofand same side member of the tractor frame, a has journalled therein asleeve or pulley 8. cable connected with the lower end of the A standard9 is mounted on the rear of the lever and trained over the sheath andbrought 50 tractor to the rear of the lever 5 and termirearwardly andupwardly and through a- 2 r it 1,850,485

guide eye on said standard to a connection with a machine drawn by thetractor, to operate certain devices thereon when aforward pressure isexerted on the upper end of the lever. r

2. A tractor attachment of the type de-' scribed comprising a rightangle bracket mounted on a side member of the tractor frame a foot leverpivoted intermediate its ends on said bracket within reach of thedrivers seat of the tractor, a standard on a rear cross member of thetractor frame rearwardly and laterally outwardly of the said bracket, asheath mounted on the side memher of the tractor frame forwardly of thelever, a cable connected with the lower end I of the lever and trainedover the sheath and brought rearwardly and upwardly and through a guideeye on the standard to be connected with a machine drawn by the tractor,whereby to operate the machine by a forward pressure on the upper end ofthe lever, said sheath having a U-shaped bracket embracing the sidemember of the tractor frame and having its legs secured thereto.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GEORGE C. WHEELER.

